Tempo
Articulation
Dynamics
Note Values
Directions
100
The tempo you would observe if driving a firetruck to the scene of an out of control fire.
What is Allegro? or
What is Vivace? or
What is Presto
100
A dot over or under a note head
What is staccato?
100
A musician would perform a phrase of music loudly with this dynamic marking.
What is forte or f ?
100
A note lasting for four counts in 4/4 time.
What is a whole note?
100
A repeat is indicated by this symbol.
What is a double bar line and two dots?
200
Walking with your friends in a mall would represent this tempo.
What is Andante?
200
A curved line joining several different notes in one breath or bowing.
What is a slur?
200
Getting softer gradually would require this dynamic marking.
What is a decrescendo or diminuendo?
200
Two tied quarter notes in 3/4 time equal this amount of counts.
What are two counts?
200
A coda is found in this part of the music.
What is the end or last part o the music?
300
Gradually slowing in pace.
What is ritardando or rit.?
300
This articulation would most likely be found in a march.
What is marcato?
300
What is mezzo piano?
300
The total count of two measures in 3/4 time.
What are six counts?
300
D.S. signifies "dal segno" or this English translation.
What is "from the sign"?
400
The meaning of this Italian term is literally translated as "time."
What is tempo?
400
This marking would make you look to the conductor to see how "sticky" the note is.
What is tenuto?
400
The Italian suffix -issimo means to do this to a dyanamic marking.
What is making "more than" the dynamic marking by itself?
400
A dotted half note has the same value as these two tied notes.
What are a half note and a quarter note?
400
Da capo tells the musician to return to this part of the song.
What is the beginning?
500
The tempo marking for 60 BPM.
What is adagio?
500
This articulation mark seems to be a small decrescendo.
What is an accent?
500
The original name of the modern day piano.
What is pianoforte?
500
A compound meter equalling three counts per measure would most commonly be written in this time signature.
What is 9/8?
500
Two slanted parallel lines is called this.
What is a "grand pause"?